Great insight and especially nice for days with shortness of breath.

Good Nutrition Info

This information was published by the World Health Organization and it seems easy to do.

Amino acid muscle-building breakthrough

Another nutrition-based COPD treatment that has been used with some success consists of supplemental amino acids, the building blocks of protein. Italian researchers treated 32 men and women with severe COPD and sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss). For 12 weeks the volunteers took supplements of all eight essential amino acids (4 grams total daily) or placebos.

COPD often leads to muscle wasting because people can’t be physically active. By the end of the study, people taking the amino acids had gained an average of 13 pounds, most of which was muscle, not fat. They were also more physically active.⁵

Breathe better with vitamin C

In another study, a team of researchers at the University of Utah treated 10 COPD patients, alternating between 2 grams of intravenous vitamin C (IVC) and a placebo. After getting the IVC, patients had less muscle fatigue and were able to breathe better and slower.⁶

I often administer IVC in my own clinic, and my biggest criticism of the study is that the dose was far too low. I find that patients respond much better with a higher dose of 10 to 20 grams of IVC, whether they have COPD or other health problems. The advantage of IVC is that the vitamin goes directly into the bloodstream, and blood and tissue concentrations can rise higher than is possible with regular vitamin C supplements alone.